Accounting machine



P. lSPURLINQ Er AL ACCOUNTING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 nventors PASCALSPURLINO AND KONRAD RAUGH OIfi'ginal'Fled Oct. 2, 1940 THEIR Gttorneg 4,1945. P. sPURLlNo 'E1-Al.

ACCOUNTING `MACHINE Original Filed Oct. 2, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG.4

nnentors PASCAL SPURLINO AND KONRAD y RAUCH THEIR Gttorneg Patented Dec.4, 1945 ACCOUNTING MACHINE Pascal Spurlino and Konrad Rauch, Dayton,Ohio, assignors to The National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, acorporation of Maryland Original application October 2, 1940, Serial No.359,374. Divided and this application September 13, 1943, Serial No.502,128

(Cl. 23S-3) 7 Claims.

This invention relates to accounting machines and similar businessmachines and is directed particularly to the recording means of suchtypes of machines, and is a division of application for vUnited StatesLetters Patent of Pascal Spurlino and Konrad Rauch, Serial No. 359,374,filed October 2, 1940, which application issued into Patent No.2,361,562 on October 31, 1944.

rlhe invention is embodied in machines of the general type shown in thefollowing United States Letters Patent, and reference may be had to themfor a complete showing and description of standard mechanisms not fullydisclosed herein: United States Patents Nos. 1,619,795, 1,747,397, and1,761,542, issued March 1, 1927, February 18, 1930, and June 3, 1930,respectively, to Bernis M. Shipley; No. 2,175,346, issued October 10,1939, to Maximilian M. Goldberg; No. 2,141,332, issued December 27,1938, to Charles H. Arnold; and No. 1,693,279, issued November 27, 1928,to Walter J. Kreider.

The machine embodying the present invention, and as now constructed, iswell adapted for use by banks, and especially in the proof departmentsthereof, where the various items are listed and distributed, anddeposits checked for a proof balance at the end of each day.

Each bank, in its proof department, keeps an accurate record of eachtransaction handled by the bank, which transactions generally come fromincoming mail, from out-of-town or transit banks, incoming clearingsfrom local banks, and receiving and paying items handled by the tellersof the bank.

Many banks require that their list of checks or items paid by anotherbank be accompanied by a printed list of checks paid by a bank when thechecks are sent back to the bank on which they are drawn.

Therefore, for use in connection with these and other requirements ofthe bank, a machine which prints individual lists or groups of items, amaster list of all items, identification data on deposit slips or on acheck as desired, a departmental or group total slip, and totals of thedistributed items is essential, as it not only, is a great time saverfor the employees of the bank but also provides accurate machine-printedresults immediately at the close of the days business.

For the purpose of illustrating one form of the present invention, themachine shown herein is constructed to perform the functions statedabove. However, it is not intended to limit the invention to this oneform, as other forms for fulfilling other business systems may be usedwithout in any way departing from the invention. f It is, therefore, oneobject of this invention to provide an accounting machine with means fordistributing items into a plurality of classifications and also providemeans for recording all items of such classifications.

Another object is to provide a master tape or record strip to receiveprinted impressions of all items listed on individual tapes, and onwhich are also listed al1 other classifications of items which, due tothe particular system of the bank, are not listed on any of theindividual tapes.

Another object is to provide a variable feed for said master tape,controlled by the type of operation on the machine.

A more specific object is to provide a single means for feeding saidmaster tape or record strip and a plurality of actuating means for thesingle feeding means with a novel controlling mechanism for .determiningwhich of the actuating means is to actuate the feeding means.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention includescertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and apreferred form or embodiment of which is hereinafter described withreference to the drawings which accompany and form a part of thisspecification.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 shows the means for giving the master tape a long feed whentotals are printed by the machine, the actuating means therefor, aportion of the control means for the actuating means, and also shows amanual feed and the tension release lever for the master tape.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan View, showing a part of the master tapefeeding mechanism, actuating means therefor, and the control for saidactuating means.

Fig. 3 shows the master tape short feed means and a portion of thecontrol means for the same.

Fig. 4 shows a portion of a master tape and how it is used on the proofof balance sheet, a

portion of which is also shown.

Fig. 5 shows a portion of a master tape or audit stri Flig. 6 is afragmentary side view of the total control plate and the connectiontherefrom to the master tape feed control.

Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view of a portion of the keyboard of themachine.

Fig. 8 is a detail View, partly in section, showing the construction ofa portion of the feed means for the master tape.

Fig. 9 is a detail view of the master tape ten-l sion roll.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION subtract totalizers or crossfooters, from whichbalances may be printed at any time desired.

yIn the present machine, there has been a definite change in theposition of the master tape or audit strip. In the patents abovementioned, the audit strip is usually in the front of the machine,whereas in the present machine this master tape or audit strip is at theright end of the machine and located under the control bank of keys.There is provided in the machine of the present invention an internalgear driving mechanism. such as that disclosed in the above-mentionedKreider patent which is for the purpose of simultaneously setting up, ongroups of printing devices, amounts and data under control of the keys,so that printing can be readily accomplished on a slip or check, or oneof the individual listingr tapes, such as disclosed in the parentapplication.

By means of this same tyoe of mechanism, shown and described in theKreider patent, tbe type wheels (not shown herein), which are associatedwith the master tape, are simultaneously set up at the right-hand sideof the machine for the purposeofprinting on the master tape or auditstrip all of the items which are entered in the machine. These same typewheels are also utilized to print totals on the master tape.

The machine keyboard is arranged for takingr .care of all business inconnection with the bank whereby all transactions handled by the bank sherein) of suilicientcapacity to take care of the ordinary business ofany bank.

There are also three rows of what are known in the art as control keys,for the purpose of selecting various totalizers for the distribution ofthe transactions entered in the machine. There is also a row oftotal-taking control keys, which control the machine for the purpose oftaking totals from the various totalizers at the close of any day whenit is desired to clear out the machine to render it ready for businessthe following morning. These totals are printed on the master tape andare used in connection with a proof ofV balance sheet in a manner to bedescribed hereinafter.

The master tape, as above mentioned, is adapt-r ed to have printedthereon items and totals. When printing items, it is highly desirablethat the items be printed a certain distance apart. and, when printingtotals, it is also highly desir able that the totals be printed fartherapart bha/Il are the items. The reason for having the totals printedfarther apart than the items is so that the master tape may be used inconnection with the proof of balance sheet shown in Fig. 4, forcomparing the totals with the Clearing house bank #1, Clearing housebank #2, etc.

The two feeding mechanisms--that is, the short feed and the long feedfor the master tape-are controlled by a special control mechanism,which' determines which of the actuating means for the feeding mechanismis to be put into operative relationship with the feeding means. Thesetwo separate actuating means for the common feeding means are controlledby the type of operation which the machine is to be put through. Forexample, when entering items, the amount keys are depressed and thetotal plate is in a normal or add position, and during thesel types YDETAILED DESCRIPTION Keyboard A part of the keyboard is diagrammaticallyshown in Fig. '7 and, as above stated, shows the three banks of controlkeys and the single bank of total control keys.

None of the amountV keys which are shown in the parent applicationhavebeen shown in lthe present divisional application.

There are three banks 'or rows of transaction keys 1l, 18, and 'I9 (Fig.7) shown in this divisional application. These` keys 11, 18, and 'I9 areused for selecting totalizers on the various lines, and also thecrossfooter, as shown in the parent application, for engagement with theactuators for distribution of amounts, as above mentioned.

The selections of the various totalizers are not involved in the presentdivisional application, and herefore nothing further need be'said inconnection with them.

When a customers deposit is to be entered and distributed by themachine, the total of the deposit is set up on the amount keys (notshown), and the key 20 in row l is depressed and the machine put throughone operation, wherein the total of the deposit is entered in thevcrossfooter and also in a group totalizer.

A distribution of the various items making up the total of the depositjust entered is then made, the operator setting up the amount of eachcheck and distributing these amounts in any of the proper totalizersrelated to the I8 transaction keys in rows Zand 3. The row of keys atthe extreme right in Fig. 7 is known as the total control row, and thisrow has six keys, to 85 inclusive. The rst four keys, 80 to 83inclusive,

are used to control the machine for taking totals and sub-totals fromthe totalizers associated with the keys 18 and 19 in rows 2 and 3. Thekey 84 is used to clear the crossfooter, and the key sub-totals thecrossfooter to print the amount of an error on the master tape and showswhether or not this error is a plus error or a minus error.

The present machine has a total control plate (Fig. 6) ior'controllingthe engaging'and disengaging movements of the three totalizer lines inadding, non-adding, subtracting, total-printing, and sub-total printingoperations. The positioning of the total control plate 86 is controlledby the total keys 8D to 85 inclusive.

Master Tape A master tape 389, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, is adapted to beprinted upon by the machine shown in this divisional application. Inprevious machines of this general type, the master tape or audit stripwas usually fed across the front of the machine. However, in the presentinvention the master tape is fed from the back to the front of themachine, and is located at the eX- treme right-hand side of the machine.

This master tape 38S is fed from a supply roll (not shown) over a seriesof guide rollers (also not shown) until it reaches a roller 381, aroundwhich it is passed, and then around a roller 388 supported by the frame64, and fed between a ff feed roller 390 and a pair of tension rollers39| (Figs. l, 2, and 9) and out through an opening 595 in the machinecabinet 10.

Master tape or audit strip feeding mechanism The master tape or auditstrip 38|! is moved from a reading position to a printing position andthen, after printing has taken place thereon, is moved back to a readingposition. However, the means for moving the master tape from i,

reading position to printing position and back to reading position isnot shown in this divisional application, as it forms no part of thefeeding mechanism. However, during the movement of the master tape fromthe printing position to the reading position, it is fed either a longor a short feed, depending upon whether the operation of the machine isfor the entering of items or for the taking of totals. The movement ofthe master tape from reading to printing position in no way affects orcontrols the feeding of the audit strip 338.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, the parts are shown in theirnormal positions at the beginning of an item-entry or add operation ofthe machine.

Normally the mechanism is connected for a long feed, but during the rstpart of the add or item-entry operation the long feed actuatingmechanism is disconnected and the short feed actuating mechanism isconnected so that during item-entry operations a short feed is given tothe master tape or audit strip 389. This long and short feed actuatingmechanism is controlled by the position of the total control plate 85 ina manner to he hereinafter described.

The means for feeding the master tape or audit strip 388 will now bedescribed. As above stated, the strip is passed between the knurled feedrolls 39! (Figs. 1, 8, and 9) and the tension rolls 39| (Figs. 1, 2, and9).

The tension rolls 39| are carried on bell cranks 4| I (Figs. 1 and 9)pivoted on a shaft 4|2 carried by the frames 64, and another frame (notshown) running parallel thereto. Each of the bell cranks 4|| has a stud453 held in contact with an arm 414 by a spring 4|5. These arms 4|4 areused to release the tension rolls 39| from the feed roller 339 when itis desired to draw a portion of the master tape 38|) out of the machineby hand independently of the feeding mechanism. To release these tensionrolls 39| there is secured to the shaft 442 an arm 4|6 cooperating witha stud 4|1 carried by an arm 4|8 pivoted on a stud 4|9. When it isdesired to release the tension rolls 39| from the feed roll 39|), theoperator depresses the arm 4|8 (Fig. l), moving it in a clockwisedirection, whereupon the stud 4|1 cams the arm 4|6 and the shaft 4|2counterclockwise, thus moving the arms 4|4 likewise, and theirengagement with the studs 4|3 raises the tension rolls 39| from the feedroll 398. The arm 4I8 has a retaining notch 420, into which the stud 4|1iits when the arm 4|8 has been moved its maximum distance, thusretaining the tension rolls 39| fully disengaged from the roll 39|).

Connected to the feed roll 390 by a mortise and tenon connection is afeed ratchet 42| (Figs. 2, 3, and 8), with which cooperates a feed pawl422 pivoted at 423 on a lever 424 mounted on the hub of the ratchet 42|.The pawl 422 is held in contact with the ratchet 42| by a spring 425.Adjustably pivoted to the upper end of the level 424 is a link 426,which is also pivoted to a lever 421 (Figs. 1, 2, and 3) pivoted on ashaft 428 supported by the printer frames (only one of which, 64, isshown). By means to be hereinafter described, this lever 421 is rockedrst counter-clockwise and then clockwise to its normal position. Thecounter-clockwise movement thereof rocks the lever 424, whereupon thepawl 422, through its cooperation with the ratchet 42|, turns the feedroll 390 to feed the master tape or audit strip 380. A spring 438assists in returning the lever 424 and associated parts to their normalpositions.

As above stated, there are both a long feed and a short feed given tothe audit strip 380. the short feed being during item-enteringoperations and the long feed being during total-taking operations.

The lever 421 carries two studs 429 and 43D, adapted to be engaged bylinks 43| and 432, re spectively, which links are both pivoted to a bellcrank 433 loose on a shaft 394 supported by the printer frames. The bellcrank 433 has two rollers, 434 and 435, cooperating with plate cams 433and 431 secured to the printer drive shaft 282. This printer drive shaft292 receives its motion from the main cam shaft of the machine, notshown in this application, but which is shown in the parent application,Serial No. 359,374. The drive from the main cam shaft of the machine tothe printer drive shaft is such that the printer drive shaft 292 willreceive one complete clockwise rotation during each adding operation andone complete rotation during the second cycle of a total-printingoperation, which, as is well known in this art, consists of two cyclesof operation. There is provided the usual clutch mechanism, not shownherein but shown and described in the above-mentioned Shipley Patent No.1,619,795, to prevent any movement of the printer drive shaft 292 duringthe first cycle of any two-cycle total operation.

During adding operations of the machine, the cams 436 and 431, throughthe bell crank 433 and the link 432, which at that time, by means to behereinafter described, is coupled with the stud 43|! (and at the sametime the link 43| is uncoupled from the stud 429), t0 cause thecounter-clockwise and clockwise rocking of the lever 4.21 previouslydescribed, to feed the master tape or audit strip 380.

As above stated, during -total-taking operations the shaft 202 is notoperated during the rst cycle of a total-taking operation but isoperated during the second cycle thereof. During this second cycle, thelink 43| is coupled to the stud 429, as shown in Fig. 1, whereupon thelever 421 isV rocked counter-clockwise and then clockwise as previouslydescribed, only this movement is of a greater extent than that given tothe lever 421 during adding operations, and consequently the audit strip386 is given a long feed between the total impressions made thereon.

The means for determining whether the link 431| or. the link 432 will becoupled with the lever 421 comprises two pairs of control disks 446,44|. 442, and 443. The disk 440 is provided with a notch 444, and thedisk 442 has a notch 445. These notches cooperate with noses 441 and448. respectively, of feeler pawls 449and 450, which also'have noses 45|and 452 for cooperating with the disks 44| and 443, respectively. Thepaw! 449 is carriedk by a lever 543, pivotally mounted on a shaft 336,and is held by a spring 456 in contact with a stud 454 on an arm 455secured tothe shaft 336. A link 451 connects the lever 453 with thepreviously-described link 432. The shaft 336 is supported by the printerframes.

The pawl 456 is carried by a lever 469 held by a spring 462 in contactwith a stud 46| on the opposite side of the arm 455. Connecting thelever 45D and the previously-described link 43| is a link 463. The lever453 has a stud 464 normally contacting a stud 465 carried by the lever460.

As stated above, the disks 440, 44|, 442, and 443 (Figs. 1 and 3) are inthe positions which they occupy prior to the beginning of an adding`operation of the machine. During adding operations, these disks re'mainin such positions, and, when the shaft 336` is rocked counter-clockwiseby cams 341 and 348 (Fig. 3) in a manner to be described hereinafter,the arm 455 is rocked likewise, whereupon the springs 462 and 456 rockthe levers 469 and 453, respectively, counterclockwise, due to the factthat the noses 441 and 448 at thisv particular time can'enter thenotches 444 and 445', respectively, of the disks 44|! and 442.

'I'he counter-clockwise moving of the levers 453 and 46|), through theirlinks 451 and 463, re-

spectively. rocks the links 432 and 43| to engage the link 432 with thestud 43|] and to disengage the link 43| from the stud 429 of the lever421; therefore, when the cams 436 and 431 operate,

- the lever 421 is given a counter-clockwise movement and then aclockwise movement by the link f 432,I which movement, due to the factthat the stud 436 is farther away from thecenter ofv the shaft 428 thanis the stud 429, is a'shorter rocking movement than that given saidlever 421 by the link 43|. and consequently the' lever 424 and the nawl422 are moved a shorter distance, thus giving a short feed to the mastertape or audit strip 38|). Such short feed spacing is illustrated in Fig.5.

The long feed spacing on the master tape is best illustrated in Fig. 4.where the strip is shownY attached to a proof balance sheet 466, whichis preprinted in the Description column, with the classification name.The long feed of the master tape or audit strip 336 causes the total ofthe.

various classifications to be printed, so that, when the strip isattached to the proof balance sheet 466, said totals will properly lineup with their associ-ated preprinted lines of the sheet. The

studs 464 and 465 on the levers 453 and 466, respectively, are safetydevices to always insure tl" at the long feed link 43| is uncoup'ledfrom the lever 421 when the short feed link 432 is coupled to the lever421. On the other hand, the stud 465, being underneath the stud 464,prevents the link 432 from being coupled With the lever 421 when the'lnk43| is coupled with the lever 421 for a long feed.

VThe means for rocking the shaft 336 in the manner previously mentionedis shown in Fig. 3 and comprises an arm 342 secured to the shaft 336,which arm is pivot-ally connected by a link 343 to a lever 344 loose onthe shaft 304.. This lever 344 carries rollers 345 and 346, whichcooperate with plate cams 341 and 348, respectively, secured to theprinter drive'shaft 202. This shaft is, as above stated, rotatedclockwise once during each adding operation and once during the secondcycle of each total-taking operation, and, through the lever 344, thelink 343, and the arm 342, the shaft 336 is rocked first counter-clock..wise and then. clockwise during each adding operation and during thesecond cycle of alltotaltaking operations. v

In all total and sub-total operations whichv are controlled by thedepression of any of the keys 83 to 85 inclusive (Fig. 7), it isnecessary to prevent any counter-clockwise movement of the levers 453and 466, and therefore it is necessary to rotate the disks 449 and 442so that the notches and 445 thereof will be out of the paths of movementof the noses 441 and 448 of the pawls 449 andV 450. The means for movingthese notches outrof the paths of the noses 441 and 448 on said pawls449 and 450 is controlled directly by the previously-mentioned totalcontrol plate 86 (Fig. 6). This mechanism will now be described.

Pivoted to the total control plate 86 (Fig. 6) in the usual manner is alink`410, which is con* nected to an arm 41| pivoted on the shaft |38.This shaft is supported by the machine frames, not shown inthisdivisional application. This arm 41| is connected to a gear segment412 meshing with a gear segment 413 secured to a shaft 414. This slaft414 has secured thereto a gear segment 415 meshing with a gear 416 faston a shaft 411 supported by the printer frames. Also secured to theshaft 411 are two gears 418 (Fi`gs; l, 2. and 3), each of which mesheswith a gear 419 and a gear 439. The gear 419 is secured to the notcheddisk 442. and the gear 480 is secured to the notched disk 446.

Whenever the total lever 86 is moved out of add position under controlof any of the keys 86 to 35 inclusive, through the linkage and gearingjust described, and illustrated in Fig. 6. the gears 418 (Figs. l to 3)are rotated to turn their associated disks 446 and 442 to remove thenotches 444 and 445 out of the paths of the noses 441 and 443, so that.when the shaft 336 and the arm 455 are rocked counter-clockwise in themanner previously described. the noses 441 and 448 will conc tact trueperipheries of the disks 440 and 442, thus preventing anycounter-clockwise movement of the levers 466 and 453 and holding thelinks 43| and 432 in the positions shown in Figs. land 3, whereby themaster tape or audit strip 380 is given a long feed.

Manual feed 49|, to which is also Vsecured an arm 492 having aprojection 493 contacting a stud 494 in a lever 495 carrying a pawl 496held in engagement with the ratchet 42| by a spring 491.

To feed the master tape 380 by hand, the operator moves the lever 490counter-clockwise, which, through the arm 492, the lever 495, and thepawl 496, rotates the ratchet 42|, and consequently the feed roll 390,counter-clockwise to manually feed the tape 380. Upon release of thelever 490 by the operator, a spring 498, connected to the lever 495,returns the parts to their normal positions. A stud 499 in an arm 500fast on the previously-described shaft 4|2 acts as a stop for the arm492 on its forward counter-clockwise movement, and, on the returnmovement clockwise of the arm 492 by the spring 498, a stud 50| on thearm 492 contacts the under side of a downward projection on the arm 500,which acts as a stop for the lever and the parts in this directi'on.

Should the operator desire to release the tension rolls 39| slightly andto not lock them in their raised positions by the depression of the arm4|8 in the manner previously described, a slight clockwise movement ofthe lever 490 rocks the arm 492 clockwise until it is stopped` by a stud592 carried on the printer frame 64. This clockwise movement of the arm492, through the stud 59|, rocks the arm 500 and consequently the shaft4|2 slightly in a counter-clockwise direction, whereupon the arms 4|4(Fig. 9), through the studs 4|3, raise the tension rollers 39| from thefeed rolls 390 just enough so that the master tape 380 may be drawnforward by hand without danger of tearing the paper due to the pressureof the tension -rolls 39| on the feed rolls 390 when they are notseparated.

A retaining pawl 503, held in engagement with the ratchet 42| by aspring 504, prevents any retrograde movement of the ratchet 42| andconsequently of the feed roll 390 during all types of feed operations,whether by hand or whether made by the machine.

The master tape or audit strip 330 is fed out of the opening 505 (Fig.l) in the cabinet 10, which covers the entire machine, a portion ofwhich is shown in section in Fig. l. It may not be desirable to allowthis paper to hang free, and

a hand-operated spool, such as that shown in thel parent application,may be furnished and supported on the machine so that the free end ofthe strip 330 may be wound thereon by hand as it is fed out of themachine, if such is desirable. However, this hand-operated spool is nota part of the invention in this divisional application, and therefore ithas not been thought necessary to show it in this case.

As the functions and operations of the feeding mechanism have been quitefully described throughout the specification, it is not felt necessaryto give a description of the operation of the machine again.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form orembodiment herein disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment invarious forms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is:

l. In a machine adapted to perform adding operations and total-takingoperations; manipulative means to control the machine to perform addingoperations; manipulative devices to control the machine to performtotal-taking operations; record strip feeding means; feed actuatingmeans adapted to be coupled to and uncoupled from the feeding means,said feed actuating means, when coupled to the feed means, being coupledin such relationship with the feed means as to feed the record strip oneextent; a second feed actuating means adapted to be coupled to thefeeding means when the first feed actuating means is uncoupled andadapted to be uncoupled from the feed means when the first feedactuating means is coupled to said feeding means, said second feedactuating means, wnen coupled to the feed means, being coupled in suchrelationship with the feed means as to feed the record strip an extentgreater than the feed by the firstnamed feed actuating means; commonoperating means i'or both of said feed actuating means whereby thefirst-named and the second-named feed actuating means are operated thesame extent; and means controlled by the manipulative means and themanipulative devices to couple the first feed actuating means with thefeeding means when any of said manipulative means is operated and tocouple the second feed actuating means with the feeding means when anyof' said manipulative devices is operated.

2. in a macnine adapted to perform adding operations and total-takingoperations, manipulative means to control tiie maciiine to performadding operations; manipulative devices to control the machine toperiorm total-taxing operations; record strip feeding means including apivoted member having a nrst and a second connecting element locatedthereon at different distances from the pivot point of the member; feedactuating means adapted to be coupled to said first connecting elementof the pivoted member to cause tne feed means to feed tiie record stripone extent, said feed actuating means adapted to be uncoupled from saidone connecting element; a second feed actuating means adapted to becoupled to said second connecting element of the pivoted member to causethe feed means to feed the record strip a greater extent tnan when thefirst actuating means is coupled to tne first connecting element, saidfirst actuating means being uncoupled from the first connecting elementwhen the second actuating means is coupled to the second connectingmember; a single set of cams comprising a common operating means forboth of said feed actuating means; and means controlled by themanipulative means and the manipulative devices to couple the first feedactuating means with the feeding means wiien any of said manipulativemeans is operated and to couple the second feed actuating means with thefeeding means when any of said manipulative devices is operated.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of feeding meansfor a record strip; an actuating means to feed the record strip oneextent; another actuating means to feed the record material a greaterextent; a common operating means for said actuating means; a pluralityof manipulative means; control means settabie differentially undercontrol of the manipulative means; and sensing means coacting with thedifferentially settabie control means, said sensing means connected tosaid two actuating means to selectively connect one or the other of saidactuating means with the feeding means for feeding the record strip saidone extent or said greater extent.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination of feeding meansfor a record strip, one

member of said feeding means being a pivoted member having twoconnecting points, one connecting point being nearer the pivot'of themember than the other connecting point; an actuating means connectableto said other connecting point to actuate the feedv means for feedingthe record strip one extent; another actuating means connectable to saidone connecting point to actuate the feed means a greater extent; asingle set of cans to operate both actuating means; manipulativedevices; control means settable under control of the manipulativedevices; Vand if means coacting with the control means and connected tothe said two actuating means to selectively connect one or the other ofsaid actuating means'with the connecting points on the pivoted member tofeed the record strip said one extent or said greater extent.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination of feeding meansfor feeding a record strip, one member of the feeding means comprising apivoted coupling member having two coupling points arranged thereon atdifferent distances from the pivot point of the coupling member; anactuating means comprising a coupling element adapted to be connected tothe coupling point the greatest distance from the pivot point of thecoupling member to actuate the feeding means to feed the record stripone extent; another actuating means comprising a coupling elementadapted to be connected to the coupling point nearest the pivot point ofthe coupling member to feed the record strip a greater extent; a commonoperator for both actuating means whereby both actuating means areactuated the same extent; and means to select which coupling element isto be effectively connected to the coupling member to feed the recordstrip said one extent or said greater extent.

6. In a machine ofthe class described; the coni bin'ation of feedingmeansto feed record material, including `a pivoted arm; twov projectionson the arm, one projection locatedy nearery the pivot of the arm thanthe other projection; a first link connectable to the projection nearerthe pivot ofthe armto operate the feeding means a certain extent; asecond link connectable to said other projectionr yto operate thefeeding means a lesser extent; a common operating means forl moving thetwo links the same extent during every operation; and selecting means toselect the link to be connected to its associated projection todetermine the length of feed of the record material during an operationof the machine.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination of feeding meansfor feeding a record strip, one member of the feeding means comprisingVa pivoted coupling member having two coupling points arranged thereon atdifferent distances from the pivot point of the coupling member; anactuating means comprising a coupling element adapted to be connected tothe coupling point the greatest distance from the pivot point of thecoupling member to actuate the feeding means to feed the record stripone extent; another actuating means comprising a coupling elementadapted to be connected to the coupling point nearest the pivot point ofthe coupling member to feed the record strip a greater extent; a commonoperator for both actuating means whereby both actuating means areactuated the same extent; means to select which coupling element is tobe effectively connected to the coupling member to feed the record stripsaid one extent or said greater extent; and manipulative devices tocontrol the selecting means.

PASCAL SPURLINO. KONRAD RAUCH.

